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Even plants need a spa day
How to freshen up houseplants in the shower
Do you have a layer of dust on your indoor plants from the pre-Obama era?
As the sun shines on my plants, I can see it’s been too long. If I can write my name on the leaves in dust, I know it’s time to send my greenery to the shower.
Light levels are so low in February in Calgary that any extra interference, like dust, slows houseplants down and blocks the already limited light. If leaf tips are browning or whole leaves yellowing, the plant is probably cutting its losses by getting rid of the lazy leaves that are too shaded to give back.
In nature, regular rains wash leaves clean, but in your apartment or house, plants need a helping hand.
Come sit a spell
Front verandas bring the elegance of the southern lifestyle to Calgary
Hughues Lefebvre and Rachel Malone enjoy the easy grace and relaxed living that southern architecture inspires.
Rachel grew up in Alabama, sipping lemonade in a rocking chair on the veranda of her family’s southern home.
“That’s my thing and it’s hard to find here in Calgary,” said Malone.
CUTTING THE CORD
More Canadian homes are abandoning conventional TV services
If you’re the New Year’s resolution-making type — and more than half of us are, statistically speaking — it’s likely that better financial decision-making is one of your goals for 2017.
You’re not alone; spending less money was one of the top three resolutions in a survey done earlier this month by the Statistic Brain Research Institute in the U.S.
So it follows that you’d be interested in saving anywhere from around $50 to $100-plus a month by making a simple change that would have virtually no impact on your quality of life, right?
Better than the last
January market improves over last year
At 4,112 total units, January’s inventory was 18 per cent below last year’s levels, according to CREB®, which released its monthly housing summary today.
“While housing conditions continue to favour buyers, a slow transition toward more balanced conditions is helping to ease downward pressure on home prices,” said CREB® chief economist Ann-Marie Lurie. “Conditions have improved over last year, but people need to remember that last year’s market was one of the weakest on record. Despite the appearance of a major shift in activity, the transition in the housing market is going to be a slow process.”